US 12,220,734 B1
Information handling system self-cleaning stylus
Kuan-Hung Chou, Taipei (TW); Yuan-Wei Chang, Zhubei (TW); David W. Grunow, Round Rock, TX (US); Yi-Chung Chu, New Taipei (TW); Chin-Chung Wu, Taipei (TW); and Ai-Wei Liu, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,120.
Int. Cl. B08B 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/039 (2013.01)
CPC B08B 7/0035 (2013.01) [G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06F 3/039 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions to process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor and operable to store the instructions and information;
a stylus garage at the housing and configured to couple a stylus to the housing; and
a stylus having a stylus housing terminating at one end with a writing tip and having a garage variable magnet completely enclosed in the stylus housing, the garage variable magnet having a first magnetic attraction level at the stylus housing to magnetically couple the stylus to the stylus garage and a second magnetic attraction at the stylus housing of substantially less than the first magnetic attraction, the second magnetic attraction automatically selected when the stylus does not couple to the stylus garage.